Generic Sevco / Rangers meltdown thread

[HiBremian]

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Today's essential reading... http://rangerstaxcase.wordpress.com/...probabilities/

Of special interest towards the end:

22 May 2005- is a cherished memory for all Rangers fans. Rangers beat Hibs at Easter Road to clinch the SPL title. Neil Doncaster needs to ask: “How many members of the Rangers squad that day were, or would become, beneficiaries of the EBT scheme?” (Let me help him out- it will be a lot easier to count those who did not participate). The truth is that many of the Rangers squad would not have been anywhere near Easter Road that day without the use of the EBT scheme. If the EBT scheme is deemed to be illegal, the SFA and the SPL cannot pretend that the second contracts held by the vast majority of the Rangers’ first team players during the middle of the last decade were just a procedural transgression of no material impact. On the balance of probabilities would Rangers have been crowned Scottish Premier League champions that day without the use of the EBT scheme?

[CentreLine]

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Blue knights about to withdraw according to the Herald.

Is there a link to that story? Of course it may just be a bluff but it would be good to see the strength of the story

[PaulSmith]

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Is there a link to that story? Of course it may just be a bluff but it would be good to see the strength of the story

Alastair Lamont tweeting now that ticketus and Ng have agreed a deal and that they are now only show in town

[JoeTortolanoFanClub]

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Is there a link to that story? Of course it may just be a bluff but it would be good to see the strength of the story

Fill your boots http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/h...bid.1334605292

[blindsummit]

I had to laugh when I read in the BBC story on the barren knights, that they expected Ticketus to pay the $1M deposit for the bid!

They weren't even prepared to put own cash at any time, it was all guff. They would have made perfect rankgers owners.

[Hibernia&Alba]

Fudd and Fudder have just released a statement confirming the Blue Knights aren't actually knights after all. Chivalry is not for them

[CropleyWasGod]

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If that is true then liquidation seems all but inevitable now.

TBH, I don't think it makes liquidation any more or any less likely.

Unless, of course, Mr. Ng has bottomless pockets.

[Eyrie]

He was reported to be willing to put £20m of his £40m fortune into the Huns.

Even with the Ticketus money that's not going to be enough to satisfy HMRC in a CVA, providing they win the BTC. We need that decision to go in the taxman's favour.

[PatHead]

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TBH, I don't think it makes liquidation any more or any less likely.

Unless, of course, Mr. Ng has bottomless pockets.

Don't know if you missed it whilst on holiday but Ng has an estimated fortune of 40 million. No bottomless pockets there, however there are other members of his bid who may have money.

[CropleyWasGod]

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Don't know if you missed it whilst on holiday but Ng has an estimated fortune of 40 million. No bottomless pockets there, however there are other members of his bid who may have money.

Ah... didn't realise that. In that case, WTF is he putting half his dosh into a football club for?

[Eyrie]

Allegedly he's been a die-hard Hun since they won the Cup Winners Cup.

[CentreLine]

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Fill your boots http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/h...bid.1334605292

Brilliant, cheers. Doesn't half call the bluff of Mr Ng, it will be interesting to see his next move. No surprise BK's finally showing their end game. Always likely they were going to find a reason to withdraw. Hopefully this is it

[PatHead]

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Ah... didn't realise that. In that case, WTF is he putting half his dosh into a football club for?

Don't know but certainly not rich enough to get Rangers out of the deep doo-doo. That is assuming he will actually put any money in.........

[CropleyWasGod]

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Don't know but certainly not rich enough to get Rangers out of the deep doo-doo. That is assuming he will actually put any money in.........

How can anyone buy Rangers without putting any money in?


Oh, wait......

[PatHead]

By the way good to see Ticketus getting their own back on the B K "hard bargain" as acclaimed by the Weegie press

[Part/Time Supporter]

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Allegedly he's been a die-hard Hun since they won the Cup Winners Cup.

That struck me as a strange one. Would the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final really have been on telly in Singapore? I think that's too far back in terms of the amount of football shown on TV (particularly live).

[Hibernia&Alba]

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Allegedly he's been a die-hard Hun since they won the Cup Winners Cup.

He was on the pitch rioting and was sad he didn't get to see the team lift the cup in the dressing room.

[Kaiser1962]

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TBH, I don't think it makes liquidation any more or any less likely.

Unless, of course, Mr. Ng has bottomless pockets.

I am told Duff and Phelps wanted 500k (non refundable) from the Blue Knights in return for them to be named preffered bidder. BK told D&P to GTF. Alledgedly.

[PatHead]

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I am told Duff and Phelps wanted 500k (non refundable) from the Blue Knights in return for them to be named preffered bidder. BK told D&P to GTF. Alledgedly.

Reportedly one of the terms of all the bids had to be a non secured £1m deposit so can't see how they weren't aware of it. This was to show they are serious. Maybe BK were looking for a way out when it became transparent that not everyone (including Ticketus) was on board?

[IWasThere2016]

Thoroughly bored aff ma tats with this now. Why don't they just die quietly and gi'e us all peace???

OF GTF

[PatHead]

SSN now catching up with us!

[grunt]

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I had to laugh when I read in the BBC story on the barren knights, that they expected Ticketus to pay the $1M deposit for the bid! They weren't even prepared to put own cash at any time, it was all guff. They would have made perfect rankgers owners.

This amused me too. It's not as if the fee was a surprise, D&P had mentioned it from the start.

[Kaiser1962]

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Reportedly one of the terms of all the bids had to be a non secured £1m deposit so can't see how they weren't aware of it. This was to show they are serious. Maybe BK were looking for a way out when it became transparent that not everyone (including Ticketus) was on board?

That sounds reasonable Pat. Exit stage left. Or should that be right?

[CropleyWasGod]

A wee aside.

On Saturday, due to ineptitude at finding a decent parking space, I found myself among a lot of Dons before and after the game. Banter, of course, was exchanged.

However, one phrase that kept coming up was "F the Huns", at which there was much sage nodding of heads. At one stage, I also heard the expression "F the wee huns, too...".

Solidarity... love it.

[down-the-slope]

The Blue Knights...or should that be full of........Craig Whyte...not got two bob to chuck in
All we need now is the sting to prove that the Singapore money is part of a crime money laundering operation ....

[Bishop Hibee]

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That struck me as a strange one. Would the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final really have been on telly in Singapore? I think that's too far back in terms of the amount of football shown on TV (particularly live).

A Celtc fan I know reposted the TV page from a paper in Singapore on the day of the above game and low and behold no mention of the game! Similar to Tony Blair saying he'd seen Jackie Milburn play for Newcastle when he was in fact telling porkies. Sounds like Bill Ng and the hun cheats will suit each other well.

[CropleyWasGod]

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A Celtc fan I know reposted the TV page from a paper in Singapore on the day of the above game and low and behold no mention of the game! Similar to Tony Blair saying he'd seen Jackie Milburn play for Newcastle when he was in fact telling porkies. Sounds like Bill Ng and the hun cheats will suit each other well.

Bill Ng is an anagram of Blling.

Shutti is his middle name, I reckon. So... crossword fans could guess where I'm going with the next anagram.....

[Seveno]

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A Celtc fan I know reposted the TV page from a paper in Singapore on the day of the above game and low and behold no mention of the game! Similar to Tony Blair saying he'd seen Jackie Milburn play for Newcastle when he was in fact telling porkies. Sounds like Bill Ng and the hun cheats will suit each other well.

He must have been watching it live on the interweb.

[Eyrie]

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A Celtc fan I know reposted the TV page from a paper in Singapore on the day of the above game and low and behold no mention of the game! Similar to Tony Blair saying he'd seen Jackie Milburn play for Newcastle when he was in fact telling porkies. Sounds like Bill Ng and the hun cheats will suit each other well.

But we know that the Huns would never allow themselves to be taken over by a fantasist with no money.

And am I the only one to wonder at the mentality of the Celtc fan who actually looked that up?

[Part/Time Supporter]

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But we know that the Huns would never allow themselves to be taken over by a fantasist with no money.

And am I the only one to wonder at the mentality of the Celtc fan who actually looked that up?

I think you've answered your own question there.